Lum goes back in time through a tea cup in order to train
Ataru to be a faithful boy by planting a doll of her on his head
that zaps him any time he touches another girl and gets ideas.
The older Ataru accidentally falls through the time tea cup and
tries to stop Lum's plot. In this episode we get to see a young
Shinobu, Lum's guards, a high school Sakura, and a newlywed Mr. &
Mrs. Moroboshi. Cherry is still the same.
52. From Speechless with Love
Ataru and Ten buy a flower in an attempt to appeal to the
flower shop girl. They almost kill the flower, but Jariten uses
some device to make the flower grow to about 3 meters. This also
happens to give the flower more life and a will of it's own.
53. The Beautiful Maiden Comes with the Rain
Ataru manages to get a date with a new girl at school,
Tsuyuko, who is always preceded by rain. This is caused by a
curse put on Tsuyuko's dad, who as a child made friends with a
bad weather spirit and promised never to lever her. But his
family moved so she cursed him.
54. Give Me Back My Horn!
Jariten loses his horn and powers in a nasty fight with
Ataru, who then begins to really torment Jariten. Ran, finding
the horn thinks it's Lum's and she uses it to curse the horn's
owner to grow a cactus in it's place.
55. All Quiet in the Library!
In the school library, Ataru meets a girl named Wendy who
he helps with her library chores. After Lum arrives, the books
start coming to life and the characters within help to cause a
lot of chaos. At the end, we find out Wendy herself is from the
book "Peter Pan".
56. Teacher Hanawa's Arrival! Such is Youth!
First appearance for Hanawa sensei. It's Hanawa's first day
as a teacher and Lum's first day as a student. Ataru tries to
make Hanawa go crazy by showing Lum abilities, but Hanawa is too
placid, Later, We meet Natsuko as Lum and Ataru join the volley
ball team. Natsuko has had a great hatred of men since she was
dumped by her boyfriend, whom she thinks Mendo looks like. Ataru,
Lum, and Mendo try to give Natsuko a second chance at love.
57. Yearning for the Sad Monster
At a pool, at one of Mendo's hotels, a little blue monster
has set up his home and is visited by an unconscious Ataru.
Eventually the goblin is seen by all, and all evacuate the pool.
Mendo orders the goblin to leave, so it does.....for the Moro-
boshi house. So the next day, the kids take the goblin to the
beach to find it a new home.
58. Darling's Certain Death!
In an ice cream cafe, Lum and Ran are reminiscing about
childhood times. of course, Ran is getting very angry and their
waiter very hurt. Next day Ran leaves some candy for Ataru which
when he eats causes him to get sick. As he goes to the nurse, Ran
grabs Lum and ties her up in a closet. Ran then also goes to the
nurse's office feigning sickness so she can try to kiss Ataru and
suck his youth. But Sakura doesn't want to allow this.
59. Rei Returns! Crisis in the Classroom
First appearance of Onsenmark sensei, who has little hot
spring symbols on his clothes. Rei comes to school and spends all
day eating other people's food. Ran tries her best to win Rei's
affections. He then leaves so he won't be late for dinner.
60. Appearance of the Red Phantom!
At school, there is a dance, and Onsenmark tells of how
when he was a student, a mysterious phantom man in black and red
stole away with Onsenmark girl friend. This same phantom shows up
again this year, but by now he's fat. Lum tries to lift his
spirits, but the fat phantom makes a fool of himself and gets
carried off by his wife, Onsenmark's girl friend from years ago
who is now grotesque.